These are some of the horrific crimes that led to people being jailed in October.

There were murderers, torturers and the high-profile grooming gang of child rapists and abusers locked up.

Here are the cases we covered at Leeds Crown, Bradford Crown and Kirklees magistrates.

A 'dangerous' yob who stabbed a young man in the chest during an attack in a park had been freed from custody just two weeks earlier.

Teenager Samuel Smith and a pal starting attacking a man in Calder Holmes Park in Hebden Bridge on a Saturday afternoon in June this year.

When labourer Alec Miller intervened to protect his friend, Smith, 18, turned on him and stabbed him in the chest with a hunting knife.

Bradford Crown Court heard that Mr Miller had to be taken by air ambulance to the LGI where he was taken into theatre.

Prosecutor Abigail Langford said the victim suffered substantial internal bleeding due to a severed artery and had to have six blood transfusions.

She said Mr Miller also suffered a collapsed lung and a laceration to his liver.

Smith, who had previous convictions for offences including robbery and attempted wounding with intent had been living at a hostel in Cleckheaton for a fortnight after being released from a previous custodial sentence.

Samuel Smith who has been jailed for a knife attack in a park

Judge Colin Burn sentenced him to nine years in a young offenders institution with an extended licence period of four years.

A teenager who started online relationships with two under-age girls and pressured them into sending him sex images has been locked up for four years.

Nathan Canning coerced the teenagers, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, into doing whatever he wanted and when they tried to end the relationships he made threats to send indecent images to their parents or post them online.

Canning, who himself was 18 at the time of the offending, told one girl: "Just one click and I will send them to your dad. My finger is on the send button."

Nathan Canning who forced two young girls to send him sex images and has now been jailed

The teenager told his other victim he would make her life hell if she didn't send him more images.

Bradford Crown Court heard that Canning carried out his threats by sending an indecent image, supposedly of one of the girls, to her father while he told the other complainant's dad that she was sending nude photos to adult men like him.

Recorder Alistair MacDonald QC sentenced Canning, of Ling Royd Avenue, Halifax , to four years in a young offenders institution after he admitted offences including causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and sending malicious communications.

A pair of high-living company bosses have been jailed after they spun a web of lies so they could steal more than £360,000 through various tax frauds.

Craig Williamson, 44, of Rastrick, near Brighouse , and Mark Creswell, 52, of Ingham, Lincoln, both made a series of false VAT repayment claims between 2008 and 2014 to steal money that funded their extravagant lifestyles.

Williamson lied about his earnings when claiming tax credits while Creswell failed to declare income from properties he rented.

Mark Creswell (left) and Craig Williamson, of Rastrick, who has been jailed for false VAT repayment claims

The duo spent the money from the fraud on parties, going for extravagant meals, trips abroad, clothes and home improvements.

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) uncovered the frauds after discovering the pair’s spending was way beyond their declared incomes.

Williamson, of Crow Tree Lane, Rastrick, was jailed for 18 months and Creswell for 12 months at Lincoln Crown Court having previously admitted guilt at the same court.

* Troy Wallace, 22, of Dalton, whose barrister, Frances Pencheon, told the court: "He wasn't one of the main players in this...if he could go back in time he would walk away from that situation and not get involved."

* Theo Hall, 25, of High Lane, Newsome.

* Kalen Hall, 25, of Red Doles Road, Huddersfield.

A former takeaway worker posed as a police officer to trick two Huddersfield women out of jewellery worth £16,000 in just two days.

Akhtar, of Ellison Street, Crosland Moor , admitted conspiracy to defraud women living in Lindley and at Blacker Road, Birkby.

He was sentenced to 12 months in prison. He will serve half in custody and will then be on licence for 12 months.

The frauds took place on September 19 and 20 last year against women with South Asian backgrounds.

Zain Khan who was sentenced to five years in prison (Image: West Yorkshire Police)

Leeds Crown Court heard that the women were phoned and told their valuables were at risk and they should be handed to a police officer for safe keeping.

One woman handed over jewellery worth £6,000 and another handed over items worth around £10,000.

Kidnappers who scalded a man's genitals in a dispute over £300,000 worth of Class A drugs have been locked up for a total of 30 years.

Former professional footballer Andre Jermaine Clarke , 30, and Sakhawat Hussain , 35, and have each been jailed for 15 years after being found guilty of the 'sadistic' and 'humiliating' torture of Michael Dewar.

Leeds Crown Court heard window cleaner and dad-of-two Dewar's house in Batley was being used as a 'drug factory' for cocaine and heroin.

Following a transfer of a package thought to contain cocaine in an alleyway behind the Healey Mini Market, around 1kg of cocaine was stolen.

In an attempt to try and retrieve the stolen drugs, Hussain and Clarke kidnapped Dewar , stripped the 32-year-old, poured boiling water over his genitals and forced him to sing and dance to old Whitney Houston songs.

Hussain, of Hawthorne Avenue in Staincliffe, Batley, and Clarke, of Wood Lane in Newsome, Huddersfield , were both found guilty of affray, kidnapping, causing grievous bodily harm with intent and two counts of false imprisonment.

A drunken thug who broke a man's jaw in an unprovoked attack at a Dewsbury store has been jailed for 27 months.

Antonio Shearer, 30, was locked up at Bradford Crown Court after a judge watched CCTV footage of the violence at the Costcutter store more than a year ago.

The recording captured Shearer grabbing the clothing of James Mahoney from behind as he tried to stop a friend of the defendant leaving the store with bottles wine.

Prosecutor Heather Gilmore said Mr Mahoney had gone to the store to meet his girlfriend who worked there and was due to finish work at 10pm that night.

After pulling Mr Mahoney backwards Shearer could be seen on the CCTV punching and kicking him to the head as he fell to the floor.

As a result of the attack Mr Mahoney suffered injuries including a double fracture of his jaw and a broken tooth.

A dishonest Huddersfield solicitor has been jailed for his part in an insurance scam.

Former solicitor Kamar Abbas Khan, 34, was jailed for 15 months after he was found guilty of contempt of court over his involvement in presenting spurious medical documents in pursuit of a 'crash for cash' personal injury claim by a taxi driver.

He was found guilty of contempt alongside Surrey-based GP Dr Asef Zafar who wrote an initial medical report to say car crash victim Mudassar Iqbal had 'fully recovered' following the 2011 crash in High Wycombe - but then amended the report to say the injuries would last for up to eight months.

Dr Zafar, who received a six month suspended prison sentence, changed the report at the request of Khan.

The deception came to light when a paralegal working for TKW accidentally sent the original medical report to the insurer dealing with the claim.

A former Spice-user who kicked a "defenceless" man in the face during an attack in Halifax has been jailed for 20 months.

Dean Walker's victim lost consciousness during the assault and he was later found to have suffered a fractured jaw in the attack in July last year.

Bradford Crown Court heard that Brendon Bennett had asked members of Walker's group if he could borrow a mobile phone after he misplaced his keys.

Recorder Patrick Palmer said after they refused Mr Bennett walked off, but he later heard footsteps behind him and was hit on the back of the head.

Dean Walker, 33, attacked a 'defenceless man' in Halifax

The judge said Walker, 33, had pushed his victim up against a fence and put pressure on his throat causing the complainant to collapse to the ground.

Sixteen men have been jailed for more than 200 years over the grooming and sexual abuse of Huddersfield children .

The abuse of the vulnerable, isolated and underage girls - the youngest of whom was 11 or 12 - was described by a judge as 'top of the scale'.

A total of 20 men, ranging in age from 27 to 54, were convicted as part of Operation Tendersea during three trials at Leeds Crown Court throughout 2018 making it the worst scandal to ever hit Huddersfield.

The 20 members of the Huddersfield grooming gang convicted of horrendous offences against young, vulnerable girls

They were found guilty of child sex offences including rape, inciting child prostitution and abduction of a child.

A court order had been in place temporarily banning any reporting of the trials until earlier this month.

The 20 defendants, 121 convictions and sentences so far

Amere Singh Dhaliwal, 35, of Everard Street, Crosland Moor, Huddersfield, was convicted of 54 offences. They were 19 counts of rape, three counts of rape of a child under 13, 13 counts of trafficking for sexual exploitation, five counts of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity, three counts of sexual assault, three counts of supplying a controlled drug of Class A, three counts of possessing an indecent image of a child, two counts of administering a substance with intent, one count of inciting child prostitution, one count of assault by penetration and one count of racially aggravated assault. He was jailed for life with a minimum of 17 years and 312 days.

Irfan Ahmed, 30, of Yews Hill Road, Lockwood, Huddersfield, was convicted of two counts of trafficking for sexual exploitation and one count of sexual activity with a child. He was jailed for eight years.

Zahid Hassan, 29, of Bland Street, Lockwood, Huddersfield, was convicted of 14 offences. They were three counts of rape, three counts of rape of a child under 13, two counts of abduction of a child, two counts of supplying a controlled drug of class A, one count of sexual assault, one count of trafficking for sexual exploitation, one count of attempted rape and one count of racially aggravated assault. He was jailed for 18 years.

Mohammed Kammer, 34, of West View, Paddock, Huddersfield, was convicted of two counts of rape. He was jailed for 16 years.

Mohammed Rizwan Aslam, 31, of Huddersfield Road, Dewsbury, was convicted of two counts of rape. He was jailed for 15 years.

Abdul Rehman, 31, of Darnley Drive, Sheffield, was convicted of rape, trafficking for sexual exploitation, supplying a controlled drug of Class B and assault occasioning actual bodily harm. He was jailed for 16 years.

Raj Singh Barsran, 34, of Caldercliffe Road, Berry Brow, Huddersfield, was convicted of two counts of sexual assault and one count of rape. He was jailed for 17 years.

Nahman Mohammed, 33, of West View, Paddock, Huddersfield, was convicted of two counts of rape and one count of trafficking for sexual exploitation. He was jailed for 15 years.

Mansoor Akhtar, 27, of Blackmoorfoot Road, Crosland Moor, Huddersfield, was convicted of rape of a child under 13, attempted rape and two counts of trafficking for sexual exploitation. He was jailed for eight years.

Wiqas Mahmud, 38, of Banks Crescent, Golcar, was convicted of three counts of rape. He was jailed for 15 years.

Nasarat Hussain, 30, of Upper Mount Street, Lockwood, Huddersfield, was convicted of three counts of rape and one count of sexual assault. He was jailed for 17 years.

Sajid Hussain, 33, of Grasmere Road, Marsh, Huddersfield, was convicted of two counts of rape. He went on the run and was sentenced in his absence to 17 years' imprisonment.

Mohammed Irfraz, 30, of Northfield Avenue, Lockwood, Huddersfield, was convicted of one count of abduction of a child and two counts of trafficking for sexual exploitation. He was jailed for six years.

Faisal Nadeem, 32, of Carr Green Lane, Dalton, Huddersfield, was convicted of rape and supplying a controlled drug of Class A. He was jailed for 12 years.

Mohammed Azeem, 33, of Wrose Road, Wrose, Bradford, was convicted of five counts of rape. He was jailed for 18 years.

Manzoor Hassan, 38, of Bland Street, Lockwood, was convicted of administering a noxious thing, inciting a person aged under 18 to become a prostitute and supplying a controlled drug of Class A. He was jailed for five years.

Mohammed Akram, 36, Springdale Street, Thornton Lodge, was convicted of two counts of trafficking for sexual exploitation and two counts of rape.

Niaz Ahmed, 54, formerly of Ned Lane, Slaithwaite, now of Woodthorpe Terrace, Huddersfield, was convicted of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and sexual assault.

A "sinister" stalker who installed listening devices disguised as plug-in adaptors to spy on his ex partner in Calderdale home has been jailed for three-and-half years .

A judge described garage owner Wayne Bamford's behaviour as "sinister, sophisticated and planned" and said his offending had devastated his victim's life.

People who behave in this way through jealousy or obsession and stalk individuals and cause them serious psychological harm have got to realise that courts will pass significant deterrent sentences," Recorder Anthony Hawks told the 47-year-old.

Bradford Crown Court heard today that Bamford had contacted a hidden device more than 1600 times over a two-week period AFTER the complainant had already found one of the adaptors and he had been questioned by the police.

Bamford pleaded guilty to the stalking charge in January, but the defendant and the complainant had to give evidence before a judge last month so he could decide the full circumstances of the offending.

A 72-year-old Bradford man has been jailed for 14 months after he admitted stealing £65,000 from his elderly mother when he was supposed to be caring for her and looking after her money.

A court heard that frail 94-year-old Kathleen Ackroyd died a few weeks after police officers visited the home they shared in Norland near Halifax and she told them that her son Stephen had control of her finances, but didn't have permission to use her money for himself.

Following the police visit in October 2016 an investigation was launched into their bank accounts and before her death Mrs Ackroyd made a statement in which she said her son was only allowed to use her money for bills and food.

"At the time she had thought there was still a substantial amount of money in her account and she was shocked to hear from the police that this was not the case," prosecutor Nicholas Askins told Bradford Crown Court .

Mr Askins said it was impossible to put a precise figure on the amount misappropriated by Ackroyd, but his guilty plea to theft charge was on the basis he had stolen £65,000 from his mother over a period of months between 2007 and 2008.

A judge who described the carrying of knives as "almost an epidemic" has jailed a Calderdale man after he armed himself with a cut-throat razor.

Mohammed Ajaib, 33, was said to have waved the potentially lethal weapon in a threatening manner after going into a Halifax takeaway in the early hours.

The incident, which took place in Waterhouse Street in August, ended without anyone being injured after CCTV operators spotted Ajaib going into the premises.

Prosecutor Louise Pryke told Bradford Crown Court that a police officer quickly attended at the takeaway and Ajaib handed over the razor.

Ajaib, who had been drinking alcohol and using cannabis, was jailed for 14 months after he admitted possession of a bladed article and possession of cannabis.

A man who groomed two underage girls for sex, resulting in the pregnancy of one of them, has been jailed for more than nine years.

The schoolgirls, who were aged 13 and 14 at the time, were flattered by 28-year-old Jensen Jules' advances.

He used Snapchat and WhatsApp to message one of the girls and gifted his other victim a mobile phone so that they could send each other secret texts.

Leeds Crown Court heard how the youngsters' lives had been torn apart by the behaviour of Jules, who was described as being “too selfish” to wear a condom when he had sex with them.

Jensen Jules, of Liversedge, jailed for nine-and-a-half years for sexual activity with two girls aged 13 and 14